Granjan Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Hi I am a newbie!!! very new!!! I spent most of yesterday reading the postings and suggestions. Thank you for all your help on everything, I really learned a lot. I have been on my own since August and was just about to throw everything in garbage until a friend told me to check out messages boards. And I did!! I learned about a heat gun and embossing gun. Are these used to heat the jars before pouring? Do you heat each one individually before pouring or can you do small groups at a time. Say 7 jars. Would the first one cool to much by the time you heated the last one (I am doing small batches at the moment)? You would not believe how I have been doing this or trying to do it!!!! I have a feeling I will have a question every day:rolleyes2!Thank you in advance for your wonderful help.Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterfinger Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Hi Janet.. Welcome to the board. I preheat mine in the oven, set on warm. Have them setting on a cookie sheet and take out what I need as I pour. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henryk Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Hi Janet,Welcome to the board. I do preheat my jars just a bit. I also do small batches at a time. If its cool outside, and you have radiators, you can put them on one of those right at the start of your candle-making session. I do this all during the fall and winter and it works great. If I'm in a hurry I use a heat gun. Just line them up and take the chill of them all at once, then right before you pour the wax in one, hit it with the gun, then work your way down the line.Some people do use an oven on low (I don't trust my oven to be on low - I'm always afraid it will go out even though it never has - just don't like playing with it since its an old apartment-size gas oven). If you search the "archives" for "preheat" I think you'll probably find many threads about this - you can limit your search to the veg section if you like.How to search the archives: http://www.candletech.com/cgi-local/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=veggiewax;action=display;num=1100281493 (I always just put in "999" in both fields )How to search this forum (the new one): http://www.candletech.com/forums/showpost.php?p=19106&postcount=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granjan Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 Hi Charlotte, I was doing that and the wick melted even on warm. Then I went to 2 lamps and a heating pad!!!! LOL If heating gun and embossing guns are not a good preheating methoid I will try oven again.Thanks you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granjan Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 Thank you, Henryk, I will try to two links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterfinger Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 When preheating my jars...I wick right after I take the jars out of the oven, and pour. Doing this in a hurry while jars are still warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soya Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 How about your Dryer.... If ya had a load to dry that is and they are small batches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeana Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Hi Charlotte, I was doing that and the wick melted even on warm. Then I went to 2 lamps and a heating pad!!!! LOL If heating gun and embossing guns are not a good preheating methoid I will try oven again.Thanks you.What is an embossing gun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiebaby Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Never used one before but I can give you a general answer...An embossing gun is more straight than a heat gun (size of paper towel middle) and is used with embossing powders...you take a stamp, dip in a special embossing stamp pad (not sure what this is, but it is wet), then dip in embossing powder...usually a metallic powder. You stamp on cards then heat up. The heat sets the powder on the card and adds a raised, 3-D effect to it. I'm sure you could use for other stuff (than cards) but that was the demo that I saw once on TV.HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granjan Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 Jeana, sorry, it is an embossing tool. They blow hot air and are used to make smooth tops in soy candles instead of heating guns.I was reading about them all day yesterday on this message board.Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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